Obesity is the leading preventable cause of death worldwide. It can cause reduced life expectancy and many related health issues. Globally, there are at least 300 million obese adults. I struggle daily with manic depressive illness (bipolar disorder) and obesity. On August 3rd, 2011 I had the Realize Band Surgery. Visit www.lose250.com to see my weekly weight log. Use the PayPal non-deductible "Donate" button to buy me a cup of coffee.

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Friday, September 23, 2011

Family emergency

I'm sorry I have been absent, but my father-in-law had a stroke two weeks ago and we drove down to Little Rock Arkansas for a week and he seemed to stabilize so we we returned home just to hear that he was having strokes on the other side. Hence, we packed back up and returned to Arkansas. Miraculously, he is still holding on. I wouldn't call him stable, but I would call him critical.

One advantage to being bipolar is that I can intentionally throw myself into a hypo-manic state and drive for 15 hours at a shot. Little Rock Arkansas is just under 1,000 miles for our house. I believe that translates to around 1,600 kilometers. Anyway, I have now done that three times and after coming off a horrible bipolar episode I think my body is getting tired.

My diet has been horrible as well. When your on the road and stressed out it's very hard to say no to food, however, I am disappointed in my apparent weight gain so I am putting myself onto a liquid diet for about four days or so to get myself back into the groove.

Christopher 350 LBS June 29, 2009

About Me

Book bio (August 11, 2011)
Having grown up in Littleton Colorado, Christopher and his wife Cheri settled into the San Francisco Bay Area and then moved to Buffalo New York where he studied Political Science and graduated Summa Cum-Laude. In 1996 he came full circle and moved back to Denver with the intention of moving to Colorado for law school, but ended up at The University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies. In addition, Christopher holds a Master’s in Education/Instructional Design.
Christopher, Cheri and their three grown sons live joyfully in Lakewood Colorado where he manages his father’s posthumous art and film career, blogs about Obesity, bariatric surgery and Bipolar Disorder, writes freelance articles, and writes books. His current fiction novel is “Night in Positano” about a bipolar teen from Boulder Colorado who suffers through suicidal tendencies and psychosis.His other projects include his autobiographical book about his fight against morbid obesity and finally a book about the antics of his late father, the experimental filmmaker and artist www.PaulSharits.com